In the spring of this year, the flames of war that swept half of the Byzantine Empire slowly passed.

The center of the empire, Osgiria, the two sides of the fierce battle, because of the sea supply line of Lantis, the defenders of Osgilia had a chance to breathe, and after getting supplies, at least on this side, the support time was infinitely longer. Although the rebels, in the name of the Red Round Table, Salvador personally wrote a letter to the Kingdom of Lantis, which was signed by twenty-six governors.

However, the four repetitions on the Landis side are very "official": the Landis Kingdom has no intention of interfering in the internal disputes of your country, and hopes that the warring parties in your country will end the war as soon as possible in the spirit of compassion and compassion, and return a peaceful world to the mainland. At the same time, he firmly denied that the fleet at sea responsible for supplying Osgilia had anything to do with Lantis.

This answer made many of the governors of the rebels almost vomit blood, but even if they closed the door and slapped the table and smashed the glass, it was to no avail. That fleet was clearly Lantis, but they didn't hang a flag, and only claimed that it was a "righteous act" of a private merchant group...... The leaders of the rebels immediately wrote a second letter to the Landis Kingdom, since it was a righteous act of the Landis Chamber of Commerce, then they asked Landis to stop the civil actions of this kind of merchant group in the country, otherwise, if it caused a conflict, it would not be worth it...... But this tough letter received a more vague answer from Landis.

The letter of state from the Landis side declares: The Kingdom of Landis has always been a politically enlightened, people-oriented, and free country that pays attention to civil rights, and even the government of the kingdom has no right to interfere in the actions of the private merchant groups, and at present, it seems that this "Landis private merchant group" that finances the Byzantine royal family, their actions have not violated any of the laws of the Kingdom of Lanti, so even the king cannot order the suppression of this "lawful act"0 As for what you said may lead to conflicts, the country can only say that it is helpless.

This letter was later torn to pieces by several angry governors, and even more anxious were about to order the fleet at sea to attack.

Soon, however, the calm Governors of Salvador and Hughes put a damper on this impulsive thought.

The facts are obvious. The rebels' sea power is too great, although they have an absolute advantage in the total number of ships, but everyone understands that relying on a fleet of ships of different sizes, temporarily gathered together, without tactics and no combat effectiveness, they want to fight the invincible regular naval fleet of Landis, which has always been rampant on the seas?

"It's better to be patient for the time being, and let's talk about taking Osculia with the energy in the middle. As long as we can take Oskiria, then the Lantis will naturally succumb.

El Salvador's insight is sensible. In the process of the two sides, the spring passed quietly.

Outside the city of Osgilia, the 2nd and 9th Corps of the Emperor, combined with the Rhodrian cavalry, launched a counteroffensive before the end of the spring, and fought a fierce battle with the rebels. But in the same way, the rebels are strong, and although the counteroffensive of the imperial ** team has achieved a small victory, it has not had much impact on the overall situation, and because the troops are too small, they cannot take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results.

However, with the end of spring, the 2nd and 9th Corps could not replenish its losses after continuous operations, and gradually could only be in the strategic defense stage. The Rhodrian cavalry retreated thirty miles overnight, for the simple reason that the army had run out of food.

The fierce battle of Osgillia was still in the stalemate stage, but in the north of the Byzantine Empire, the situation was sharply turned against the invasion of the Odins, and within a month, it occupied three counties within the empire, and the county of Noz was occupied by the Black Flag Army, the county of Mor was occupied by the Red Snow Army, and the county of Tatania in the west of the empire was occupied by another Odin army, and the Odin army on the west road was a mixed army, led by the great prince of the Odin Empire.

At this point, in the battle for succession in the Odin Empire, the eldest prince has occupied an absolute advantage. The Black Flag Army has always been a group that supports the Great Prince, and this time the Odin God Emperor let the Great Prince personally lead the army, in this mixed army, it is said that 100,000 elite Odin warriors were drawn from the Thundercloud Legion of the Odin royal family, plus a total of 40,000 warriors recruited by nine large and small tribes in Odin to form a large army.

At this point, the three-way Odin invasion army has entered the Byzantine Empire with more than 130,000 troops.

At the end of the spring, in the southern neighboring county of Siltan, the southward Red Snow Army completed the encirclement of the last formed imperial regular army in the northern part of the Byzantine Empire. The 7th Corps faced the persecution of the rebel troops on the left and behind it, and undertook the offensive of the Chixue Army, losing three consecutive battles, losing the county defense city, and retreating on a large scale, abandoning a large number of baggage logistics troops along the way. Then the soldiers fled in two directions to the southwest. One is led by General Rostock of the Corps and four elite main flag regiments, and the other is composed of partial divisions of two flag regiments and some auxiliaries. Manninger's Red Snow Army, on the other hand, left only a small number of troops to garrison the occupied area, and the large force continued to pursue the 7th Corps of Rostock without stopping. Vowed to wipe out the main force of the Seventh Corps.

Finally, on the last day of spring, the main force of the Seventh Corps, which had rapidly retreated, was overtaken by Odin's Red Snow Army in the northern part of the river called "Hilma", located northeast of Siltan County.

On the plain of the Hilma River, the rapid march of the Red Snow rank tail pursuit, while the Seventh Corps tried to cross the river, Manninger concentrated all the reindeer cavalry, suddenly launched a surprise attack, the Seventh Corps resisted for less than an hour before the rout, the defeat was not formed, the battle lasted for a little afternoon, the river was dyed red, the corpses blocked the river, and even a large number of corpses floated downstream along the water...... In this battle, the main force of the 7th Corps was finally wiped out by the Odin, more than 7,000 people were killed on the spot, and the formation of the two flag regiments was cancelled since then. The corps general Rostock was killed by an arrow, and his subordinate flag officers were killed three times and two fell, but Manninger, the patriarch of the Bashak tribe, the commander of the Red Snow Army, made a mistake at this time.

Probably Hui who had eaten at Char's place before, finally let out his anger at this moment, and Manninger ordered the slaughter of the captured 3,600 Byzantine Empire soldiers, including the generals of the two banner regiments who surrendered.

After the war, the three banner regiments, the main force of the original Seventh Corps, survived and escaped, less than 300 people, one by one, such a move, although it vented its anger for a while, but on the contrary, it left a very bad consequence.

Because there are still a small number of remnants of the emperor in many places within the empire. When the war situation was eroded, many local armies had already wavered, and some even had the intention of surrendering.

However, at this time, the news came that the Odin had slaughtered the prisoners of war and those who surrendered, but it only strengthened the resistance of the remaining Byzantine army.

Surrender is death anyway...... It is better to fight to the death, after the main force of the Seventh Corps was annihilated, about 4,000 people of the other partial division who retreated all the way finally escaped from Ascension, and when the road to the south was blocked, they could only turn around and go to the northwest...... Behind them was an army led by Manninger's son Morka.

Fortunately, at this time, God finally ~al was on the side of Byzantium, and suddenly it rained for three days in a row, which washed away the roads in the hilly area, and Morka's pursuers were blocked, and they could only watch the last 4,000 men of the Seventh Corps flee...... However, at this time, Manninger did not care much about this result.

The elite main force of the Seventh Corps has been completely annihilated, as for the 4,000 people who escaped, they were not the main force in the first place, and there were still a small number of auxiliaries.

At this moment, the Red Snow Army had occupied the entire territory of Siltan County, obtained a large amount of supplies and armaments, and collected the Byzantine Empire's tax wealth from the county guard treasury of Siltan County...... The wealth of the rich Byzantine Empire suddenly made all the Odin warriors red-eyed The tribes in Odin's country, in addition to the royal family, the other tribes, even the other five strong clans, the life of the people in the clan is not easy on weekdays. The Byzantine Empire had a warm climate, fertile land, and was more rich in grain, so that after the occupation of Siltan County, the entire Red Snow Army received a large amount of spoils, and the Red Snow Army At this time, the whole army was full of ambition, and even Manninger couldn't help but feel a little proud.

At this time, greed is naturally born."

We came from the north, conquered the county of Mor, and conquered the county of Syltan, and almost did not meet any decent resistance! These Byzantines were as weak as sheep, and even the Seventh Corps of the Seventh Corps of the Central Regular Army of the Empire were vulnerable, and it only took us half a day to defeat these fellows! Where are the Byzantines who are so weak that they are still our opponents? We have occupied two counties in only a month, and we have gained so much wealth, why can't we get more! Why don't you keep fighting and keep grabbing!?

Manninger was proud, but he still retained a hint of sobriety, and he immediately remembered that he had been frustrated under the town of Denzel in the north of Morshire, which was still behind him.

At this moment, he has enough weapons and food, and it is time to return to the army and pull out the nails of that small city.

But at this time, God saved Char's life, and it must be explained that the northern part of the Byzantine Empire, especially the counties near Mor County, has always been the main grain producing area in the northern part of the empire.

Since they are grain-producing regions, it is certain that these areas meet several conditions: fertile land, a warm and humid climate, and abundant precipitation every year.

The climate of these counties is the rainy season at the turn of spring and summer. At this time of year, cold air from the north of the continent travels south and hot air from the ocean from the south travels north, intersecting in this area, resulting in a large amount of rainfall. Sometimes, it even rains for more than ten days in a row.

At the same time, the topography of this area is very special. In this area, crisscrossed by seven or eight small rivers, the staggered erosion of these rivers, and finally formed the geology of this area is similar to the nature of the river plain, the land is soft and fertile, very suitable for farming, but at the same time the soil is soft, all belong to the plain of the beach soil layer, once the rainy season, it will make the road muddy, difficult to walk.

And the rainy season of this book is especially special.

This year's rainy season seems to have been particularly heavy.

Heavy rain for half a month in a row has flooded many rivers, which will bring more silt from the river beaches, making the land on both sides of the river beaches more fertile, but washing away many bridges and roads.

The rain continued for more than ten days, and the news came that almost ten of the roads in Moore were completely destroyed. In many places, landslides have collapsed, completely blocking the roads, making it impossible for cars and horses to travel together. In other places, bridges were destroyed and floods were rampant...... This situation, at this special time, helped Char a lot, Manninger's Red Snow Army was in the south, because of the rain in the rainy season, the roads were blocked, and it was impossible to organize a large-scale force to come north to pull out Char's nail.

You must know that when the army marches, it must carry heavy vehicles.

If Manninger's army did not come with food and supplies, the result would only be a repeat of the previous fruitless siege of Denzel.

According to the current situation, if you want to repair the roads and bridges, so that the chariots and horses of the army can go together, I am afraid that it will not be possible to do it in a month.

What's more, now Manninger occupies the entire County of Siltan, as well as part of County Mor, a large number of occupied areas, all of which need him to divide his troops to garrison, although Manninger has the advantage of troops, but to gather enough troops to attack Char...... I'm afraid it won't be possible in a while.

Don't forget, now in Char's Denzel City, there are tens of thousands of troops. At this time, Char instead started Manninger's idea. Manninger's main forces had gone to Siltanshire, and the roads were blocked during the rainy season, and they could not return for a while.

Char naturally set his sights on the enemy-occupied area closest to him, the original capital city of Mor County, and the city of Mesta, where there were only a few thousand Odin defenders in Mesta, and Sichaya and Green carefully analyzed that with their current strength, it was entirely possible to eat the other party! And as long as this counterattack is successful, then for the erosion situation, it can greatly stimulate the morale of the remaining resistance forces of the empire "After the defeat is defeated, we can defend or go." The weather is now favorable to us! Manninger wants to return to the army, and if he wants to return to the army, he will not be able to do it in a month! The city of Meesta is less than three days away from us! If we are fast and horse, we will be able to arrive in a day and a half! After the battle is over, we can calmly arrange the situation, and when the time comes, we will be able to defend or not, and the initiative is in our hands.

Green pointed to the map and said slowly to Char: "Besides, the city of Meesta is full of our people, and when we attack, the citizens of the city may echo us. It is said that the Odin people were unpopular, and not only slaughtered the prisoners of war, but more importantly, they hung the head of the warden of Krinthia on the city gates. Lord Krinthia served in Mor County for seven years, and his devotion to his duties was very popular, and his death made the people of Mor County full of resentment towards the Odin...... We can make full use of these favorable conditions. ”

After saying this, Green looked at Char, "The only thing that needs to be decided now is to fight Mesta, whether you go or me." ”

"I'll go. Char said loudly without hesitation, "You stay in Denzel City." I took only Nei-Ta and 2,000 cavalry as the vanguard, and let Sharba follow with 2,000 infantry. At this time, speed is the most important! The Odin would never have imagined that we would come out to counterattack in this rainy season. The city defenses of Mestad have been destroyed in the last war, and I only need to take the opportunity to sneak up and 2,000 cavalry rush into the city, and the victory will be decided in one battle! Even if our cavalry fails to make a surprise attack, when Sharba's 2,000 infantry arrives, there will be enough time to calmly attack the city. ”

Char smiled: "Our biggest advantage is ...... Manninger and the Odin don't know that we have tens of thousands of troops! ”

Two days later.

In the dark night, the city of Mesta, only the lights and torches hung on the walls, but the city was silent and dark, and there were no lights. After the Odin occupation of the area, strict night control was enforced, and the inhabitants of the city were strictly lit at night.

This kind of order seemed to Char to be a bit inexplicable. Probably because Odin is in the northern country, they all live as tribes, and they lack the experience of defending the city.

At night, he didn't light the lights, didn't he make it clear that he gave Lao Tzu a chance to attack at night?

As long as he rushed into the city and set fire everywhere, the Odin people would be frightened...... Behind a hillside outside the city, two thousand cavalry were ready to go. After they had galloped for a day and a half to reach the city of Mesta, Char ordered everyone to rest behind the hill for half a day to regain their strength.

And at this moment, the two thousand original horse thieves have changed into the armor of the imperial army, and they already look quite a bit.

Ne-Neishu stood not far behind Char, looking at Char's back, and didn't know what Izumi was thinking.

Nene returned to Denzel ten years ago, bringing back more than 600 people, most of whom were horse thieves and warriors who had lived in the wildfire fields.

And Char's newly formed cavalry flag regiment, Nene still temporarily held the position of deputy flag officer, although everyone knew that Nene would not hold this position for a long time, but at least by the former boss, these horse thieves who had been reorganized for more than a month were still very happy.

"Wait two more hours, and start attacking before dawn...... Before dawn, it is the time when people sleep most soundly at night......" Char crouched on the hillside, looked at the city from afar, and stretched out his hand to the distance: "The wall in the northwest corner is broken, and there is a gap, which the Odin people have not completely blocked...... When the time comes, you will rush to the city gate with three hundred men with fanfare to attract the attention of the defenders, and I will lead men to raid the gap in the northwest corner, as long as you can rush in...... This battle, we will win. ”

Char said this, but found that there was no sound in Nene, and looked back, only to find that this woman was looking at him in a daze, and in the dark night, that gaze seemed to be a little distracted......